Pantun and Syair in the Text of Lullaby Song of Minangkabau Collective in West Sumatra

Abstract

The article on the results of this research contains a discussion of the format of the text of the oral tradition of the Minangkabau collective lullaby song in West Sumatra. The collective area of Minangkabau in West Sumatra consists of mainland areas (Luak) and coastal areas (Rantau). This research is a descriptive qualitative research. Format data were obtained through tracing the physical and inner structure of the lullaby song text from these two collective Minangkabau regions. The study of the format, especially the form of pantun and syair, uses the theory of the structure of poetry as used by Riffaterre (1978),